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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: PwC Gets a Handy; Deloitte Client Sues the Firm For Yoinking Their Name | 6.16.25

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His company, Ambite, categorised by the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority as providing “management consultancy services and wholesale trade”, was fined $10,000 over a charge relating to money laundering. In an unrelated incident, Alson Tong Shao Tian, 37, also rained blows on another man.

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Friday Footnotes: RSM Partner Says UK Gov Should Sell Off Bitcoin to Pay Debts; No KPMG Law Yet; Flat Salaries For Consultants | 1.31.25

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EYs own experience with AI provides important lessons [ Federal News Network ] Audit DWS names EY as auditor despite funds suing firm over Wirecard scandal [ Financial Times ] Deutsche Banks asset manager DWS has named EY as its new group auditor despite taking the accounting firm to court for its involvement in the Wirecard scandal.

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Friday Footnotes: Consulting is Done For; Audit Partners Not Feeling Optimistic | 6.6.25

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Audit Fraud culture was ‘pervasive’ at union, auditors say [ BBC ] There was a “pervasive fraud environment” at one of the UK’s largest trade unions Unite, an auditors’ report obtained by the BBC has concluded.

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Friday Footnotes: Consulting Both Drying Up and Popping Off; Parents Pissed at RSM; IRS Layoffs NBD Says Ex-Commish | 2.28.25

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Because of AI, Consultants Are Now Expected to Do More [ Inc. Artificial Intelligence is driving a seismic disruption in consulting, altering everything from how firms structure projects to how individual consultants add value. Firms that fail to adapt will be left behind. The good news?

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Talent-Strapped Down Under Deloitte and EY Are Importing Staff

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On the government’s list of nearly 100 in-demand occupations are accountants (specifically general accountants, tax accountants, and management accountants), auditors (internal and external), corporate treasurers, actuaries, economists, and management consultants.

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How the Accountant Shortage Is Rippling Through the Startup World

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The drought of talent has prompted a crisis in the industry, which has put the blame on stiff education requirements, sluggish pay, and tough competition from glitzier business school paths like investment banking and management consulting. You’ll have no issue finding someone to do your tax return,” he explains.

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Friday Footnotes: Tim Ryan Works Too Hard; Fake CPA Gets Violent Over QuickBooks Files; PwC PR | 10.20.23

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A consulting firm struggled to find the right hybrid work model. day workweek [ Fortune ] Management consulting firm Insigniam has seemingly found that happy medium after instituting a 4.5-day Many records and documents requested by auditors were not provided by Williams and had been transferred to his personal laptop.

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